Nin
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: obsolete form of ni
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/nin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Dominican Republic than in any other country.
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 4.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- ESSpain1 in 63K
- USUnited States1 in 462K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Dominican Republic (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 191 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Affectionate name for a grandmother.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Nin is read(measured from records)
Nin is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish41%
obsolete form of ni
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English28%
Affectionate name for a grandmother.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
AnaTs, US author
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- French6.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Nin in French.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DO Dominican Republic | #273 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.2K | — | Nin | 39 |
| ES Spain | — | 799 | 1 in 63K | 799 | Nin | 74 |
| US United States | — | 720 | 1 in 462K | 720 | Nin | 191 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Nin | 23 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 536 | 1 in 6.3K | 536 | Nin | 41 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #447 | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Nin | 10 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lao, v. despise, hold in contempt, insult. nu = Ustuma v. libel; disdain, look down on. — ELTE v. be in contempt of court. — wsysUcag rw v. lack respect for the king. 2.8 à : Ul adv. very near the edge. 3 8 TU adj. lonely. 13 4 :
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In Khmer, to nibble, bite gently; to show the teeth, to grin; to be angry. cmmcnm to grit the teeth; to show the teeth. (T,) emu / n e e p - n e s p / l, sound of baby birds crying. cmmjnn
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Lao, _adj. tender, soft, EXE — YOU adj. sweet, melodious; gentle. xl [inf adj. tender (of music); one A yu (is
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joan Nin i Serrab. 1804ESSpanish composer and catholic priest (1804-1867)
- Josep Nin i Tudób. 1840ESSpanish painter (1843-1921)
- Joaquín Ninb. 1879CUSpanish composer and pianist (1879-1949)
- Andreu Ninb. 1892ESSpanish politician (1892-1937)
- Enric Cristòfor Ricartb. 1893ESnot in their usual nameSpanish painter (1893-1960)
- Anaïs Ninb. 1903FRFrench-born American author (1903–1977)
- Rodolfo Nin Novoab. 1948UYUruguayan politician
- Juan María Ninb. 1953ESSpanish lawyer and economist (born 1953)
- Jeanine Remab. 1959BInot in their usual nameBurundian musician
- Eduard Farelob. 1970ESnot in their usual nameCatalan actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 209 | #27,176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 129 | #27,176 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #45,760 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 24 | #23,505 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 6 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Nin come from?
- Affectionate name for a grandmother. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Nin?
- A machine transcription gives /nin/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Nin mean?
- In Spanish, obsolete form of ni
- In which country does Nin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Nin in the Dominican Republic, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nin.
- How common is the name Nin?
- In Spain, the national register counted 799 people named Nin, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
- How common is Nin compared with other names?
- In the Dominican Republic, Nin is the 273rd most common surname of 26,844 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ninThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nin” — the 273rd most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.